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Glass Beads & Jewelry
Handmade with Passion |
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Friday ~ September 5th, 2008
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In the garden ~ left to right: tomatoes, pumpkins, corn & brussel sprouts.
We've really enjoyed growing all sorts of edible treats in our garden this year. Tangled in with the pink roses are peppers & tomatoes; pumpkin vines crawl between the spaces of the day lilies & burning bushes; behind our Dwarf Spruce, tall stalks of corn grow; brussel sprouts & cauliflower thrive by the mock orange & chartreuse lettuce pops beside the deep purple leaves of a Ninebark. I wasn't sure how it was all going to pan out, but I definitely like the mixed garden. Next year, I'm going to find room for peas too. |
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Wednesday ~ September 3rd
Saturday, September 13th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. @ the Sandwich Central School 28 Squam Lake Road ~ Center Sandwich, NH
We'll have a booth at the fair & will be selling our jewelry. If you're in the area, we would love to meet you! |
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Sunday ~ August 31st
New Jewelry!
Above, some goodies that my mom has been working on. Many of these pieces have Gypsy-like qualities: small seed bead strands, dangling bells, semi-precious gems, chunky stones & my handmade glass beads. I love how exotic, distinctive & sparkly they are!
We are leaving in a week for SQUAM & will be staying in Montreal for a few nights first. I haven't been to Montreal since 1999 when I was there with an old boyfriend, (originally from Montreal), to visit his parents around Christmas time. He took me to all his favorite haunts, most of which happened to be bakeries & delis. According to him, I've tried the best bagels, smoked meat & poutine this planet has to offer.
Well this time around, I would like to broaden my horizons to include things beyond just food so if you've been to Montreal recently, I would love to hear from you *pretty please*. Tell me about great museums & galleries, activities that you enjoyed, restaurants & cafes that were outstanding, the best live music venues, wonderful gardens, shops, parks, comedy clubs... anything you can recommend worth experiencing while we're there would be so appreciated ~ please email me here with your recommendations. From Montreal we are driving down to New Hampshire & are considering going through The Adirondacks on our way. If you've been there, I would also love to hear if it's worth a visit. In fact, if you live near or in New Hampshire, please shed some light for me, we will be driving through some unfamiliar territory & have such a limited time that we would be very thankful for any suggestions.
P.S. If you "can't live" without one of the jewelry pieces above, email me as soon as possible & I'll give you the price & size of the interested piece(s).
P.S.S. A big Happy Birthday to you Ken! |
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Wednesday ~ August 27th
Cactus Flowers ~ photo courtesy of my mom
I took 18 photos in total while I was gone & I forgot to get a group shot, so I won't even bother showing you pictures from "All Girls". But I will say that I had an awesome weekend & it's always nice to get away with the girls. Now it's time to pull up the ol' socks; there's so much to do that I can't think about it without becoming overwhelmed so I'll just plow through, day by day. |
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Wednesday ~ August 20th
Chris built this shed for me, isn't it awesome?! The door is the best part, well the door & the curved roof, which we plan to grow woolly thyme on...
Oh, & Chris ran electricity to it so I can plug in my lawn mower & I have a light & an iPod/radio to listen to music while I'm in there writing garden notes. Not that I've ever written garden notes in there before, but I do have a calendar hanging in there that I write things on & it's sure handy to be able to see everything so brightly. And check out the window in the upper middle of the above photo. We had an old window in our house where a milk shoot used to be & we took it out earlier this year, so Chris used it on the back of the shed wall so that sunlight would filter through. He's amazing, thanks bunny, I love my shed!
Today, I ordered a wonderful print from the incredibly talented Allison Strine that has a bird lady holding a watering can perched on a garden trowel with the words, "She's playing in the dirt again!" underneath. When it arrives, I'm going to frame & hang it in my shed ~ here's what it looks like, cute eh?
Allison Strine's Print
Speaking of cute things, our friends Mike & Kelly, just had a beautiful baby girl who they named Cora on the 17th of August, congratulations to you both! I haven't met her yet, but I'm looking forward to it, I've seen pictures & she's a real sweetie pie!
I'm off tomorrow to Jasper for our annual "All Girls Camping Extravaganza". I'll be back next week with some pictures...etc.
I just got back from a 3 hour "boot camp" yoga class after taking the summer off. It feels good to be all stretched out again (I think I needed that), but right now I'm tuckered & should hit the hay. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! |
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